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by the way we had a big victory yesterday by eliminating a weapons program the f22, the pentagon repeatedly said we didn't need. we have to eliminate waste there, eliminate no big contracts, do all kinds of reforms in our budgeting. but we're also going to have to change health care. otherwise, we can't close that 7$7.1 trillion gap in the way te american people want it to change. so everybody who's out there who has been ginned up about this idea the obama administration want to spend and spend and spe spend, the fact of the matter is that we inherit ed an enormous defic deficit, enormous long term debt projections, we have not reduced it as much as we need to, and as i'd like to, but health care reform is not going to add to that deficit, it's designed to low lower. that's part of the reason why it's so important to do and to do now. chi chip. >> thank you, mr. president. on medicare, there are obviously millions of americans who depend on medicare. when you talk about bending the long term costs downward or when you talk about cuts in the current proposal on capitol hill, you talk about
by the way we had a big victory yesterday by eliminating a weapons program the f22, the pentagon repeatedly said we didn't need. we have to eliminate waste there, eliminate no big contracts, do all kinds of reforms in our budgeting. but we're also going to have to change health care. otherwise, we can't close that 7$7.1 trillion gap in the way te american people want it to change. so everybody who's out there who has been ginned up about this idea the obama administration want to spend and...
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peak defense dollars brace for a spending showdown as the pentagon proposes a bigger budget and some officials balk the wildcard president trump who wants a stronger military and more recently called for budget cuts. was should keep spending strong, a u.s. defense strategy focused on russia. a tight labor market a shift to the cloud and the air adoption of ai will fuel a race for more of the 2$250 billion government services market. expect continued m&a on government contractors looking for more for less and contribution from big tech as they seek out high-level high security work. and third, hyper sonic hype. russia has them, china has them and the u.s. is developing them as well. hypersonic missiles. the u.s. can't defend against them so attention will turn to r & d and to long discussed concepts to add sensors in space, something once farfetched until startups began making space cheaper. >> all right morgan brennan with your 2019 defense sector playbook. >>> coming up, the marshal governmegol partial government shutdown now in its fifth day what you need to know about it coming up
peak defense dollars brace for a spending showdown as the pentagon proposes a bigger budget and some officials balk the wildcard president trump who wants a stronger military and more recently called for budget cuts. was should keep spending strong, a u.s. defense strategy focused on russia. a tight labor market a shift to the cloud and the air adoption of ai will fuel a race for more of the 2$250 billion government services market. expect continued m&a on government contractors looking for...
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test that occurred by the chinese, and it has all of our attention. >> general milley is the first pentagon official to confirm that china tested hypersonic weapons over the summer. here's nbc's morgan brennan. >> reporter: a race for speed. with national security implications and one in which the united states is playing catchup. >> we're behind. we're behind the chinese and the russians there's a lot more work to do on the hooup sonics, on the offensive side and most importantly the defensive side hypersonic weapons with travel about a mill per second, but some can move as fast as mach 2k50sh what makes them such a game-changer is their lack of predictability unlike ballistic missiles that travel in an arc, hypersonics are maneuverable making them harder to detect and destroy. >> hypersonics allows a country to confront a world class air force such as ours without having their own world class air force. it allows them to confront a world class navy without having their own world class navy because they they can hold the navy and air fields in other parts of the world. >> after many years
test that occurred by the chinese, and it has all of our attention. >> general milley is the first pentagon official to confirm that china tested hypersonic weapons over the summer. here's nbc's morgan brennan. >> reporter: a race for speed. with national security implications and one in which the united states is playing catchup. >> we're behind. we're behind the chinese and the russians there's a lot more work to do on the hooup sonics, on the offensive side and most...
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>> it's less than $1 billion the pentagon is claiming. it costs them because they give the privilege of smoking to gis. this is outrageous. we give more of that to the palestinians and hamas. this is an outlet for the troops. they lose their freedom when they join the military. now we have the end of don't ask, don't tell. now you are not going to be able to smoke. this is outrageous. >> steve sometimes has maybe dubious expertise when it comes to politics. not with health care issues. >> hold on. when you look at the stats, combat veterans, 50% more likely to use tobacco. 37% of soldiers and 36% marines. what they find is the individual whose go into the very worst situations are far more likely to smoke. it seems to me when you want to eliminate smoking, instead of answering the question, what help do they need to drives them to smoking, wouldn't that be smarter? >> it also might be smarter to make sure our va hospitals be fully staffed, that veterans get their benefits. steve didn't complain about that. the fact of the matter is it's t
>> it's less than $1 billion the pentagon is claiming. it costs them because they give the privilege of smoking to gis. this is outrageous. we give more of that to the palestinians and hamas. this is an outlet for the troops. they lose their freedom when they join the military. now we have the end of don't ask, don't tell. now you are not going to be able to smoke. this is outrageous. >> steve sometimes has maybe dubious expertise when it comes to politics. not with health care...
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kirby, official pentagon tweet saying u.s. military aircraft conducted a strike on isis. folks, this will be the situation, a lot of breaking news today, a lot of things to pay attention to, markets rock left and right, and we thank our guest hosts for joining us, great having you here. right now, it's time for "squawk on the street." >>> good friday morning, welcome to "squawk on the street," i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer, and faber is off today. futures had a wild ride over the night, down hundred points at the lows as the president authorized air strikes on iraqi mil militants, but we rebounded. the air strikes have taken place. ten year note yields down this morning, lowest yields in a year. don't forget to watch europe as well, barely hanging on to gains, the indexes down firmly for the week. road map like this. the markets, tensions growing across the globe this morning so why are stocks set to open higher? not a lot of good news for mcdonalds, and why asia is troubling for the fast food maker, and gap is not struggling after same store sales. what's leading
kirby, official pentagon tweet saying u.s. military aircraft conducted a strike on isis. folks, this will be the situation, a lot of breaking news today, a lot of things to pay attention to, markets rock left and right, and we thank our guest hosts for joining us, great having you here. right now, it's time for "squawk on the street." >>> good friday morning, welcome to "squawk on the street," i'm carl quintanilla with jim cramer, and faber is off today. futures had...
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nbc news pentagon reporter hans nichols joins us now with the latest 6:30, you better be up we spoke yesterday you're like, i'm not up as early as you guys. i bet you are t the measured response had not come out when we talked last then it did come out were you surprised it was a little surprising these guys are usually over the top. >> there's a disconnect between the north korean actions and their rhetoric when you look at how this meeting went south, it is simply because the north koreans were not showing up to these pre-planning meetings in singapore. they simply didn't send a delegation if you want to send a message that talks are off, don't send a delegation so in some ways when you look at the response from the trump administration yesterday, it shouldn't have been a huge surprise to the north koreans because they were not sending anyone real quickly in terms of the pentagon's position, they insist they're in a heightened posture but that their posture has not changed. they have not sent additional assets to the region one thing to look at, you have 13 ships deployed in the we
nbc news pentagon reporter hans nichols joins us now with the latest 6:30, you better be up we spoke yesterday you're like, i'm not up as early as you guys. i bet you are t the measured response had not come out when we talked last then it did come out were you surprised it was a little surprising these guys are usually over the top. >> there's a disconnect between the north korean actions and their rhetoric when you look at how this meeting went south, it is simply because the north...
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they expected cyberattacks make be something to hit the pentagon or financial markets or critical u.s. infrastructure but to pull hollywood studios e-mails and have a devastating impact on a hollywood studio and hit a core american principle like freedom of speech wasn't in a lot of the play books so there isn't really a developed response plan sitting on a shelf somewhere that they can pull down and say this is what we're going to do. all of the options here for the united states are very very tricky including retaliation in full cyber war fashion against the north koreans because united states company versus a lot more at stakes here than north korean industry does. >> just thinking. let me come back to you on the idea that diplomatically they're going to reach out across asia and in particular to the chinese to consult on what they should do with north korea. am i right in suggesting that in the past china has to an extend stood by or shielded north corr korea and if you were going to do anything to that country you'd have to get the chinese first and this may be a precursor to som
they expected cyberattacks make be something to hit the pentagon or financial markets or critical u.s. infrastructure but to pull hollywood studios e-mails and have a devastating impact on a hollywood studio and hit a core american principle like freedom of speech wasn't in a lot of the play books so there isn't really a developed response plan sitting on a shelf somewhere that they can pull down and say this is what we're going to do. all of the options here for the united states are very very...
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the pentagon has boosted its cyber security spending but expect more problems than solutions in 2015, more attacks, as defense companies try to figure out what tools are needed and if they even have them. second, drone wars. in 2015 growth in unmanned aircraft will explode on the commercial side and established defense players like boeing lockheed and general atomics will lose ground to a plethora of newcomers like amazon and google. third, substitutes. the russians recently tested a missile from a nuclear submarine but our fleet of subs is old, especially ohio class subs, which are supposed to carry most of our deployed nuclear arsenal. the cost to replace them which could benefit nor thumb grum mond and general dynamics is astronomical and expect the pentagon to propose paying for them outside the regular navy budget in a fight over money that could go nuclear. >> and jane wells is with us. jane, one of the big dramas that happened this year that many people were surprised about was chuck hagel was pushed out by the white house. ashton carter expect him to be confirmed some. >> yes.
the pentagon has boosted its cyber security spending but expect more problems than solutions in 2015, more attacks, as defense companies try to figure out what tools are needed and if they even have them. second, drone wars. in 2015 growth in unmanned aircraft will explode on the commercial side and established defense players like boeing lockheed and general atomics will lose ground to a plethora of newcomers like amazon and google. third, substitutes. the russians recently tested a missile...
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by transgender people this while court challenges continue it reversed lower rulings preventing the pentagon from implementing plans but declined to take up the case about the plan for now >>> hundreds of union firefighters from across the u.s. and canada in los angeles for a conference marching in support of striking teachers this is the union and l.a. unified school district representatives continuing to negotiate. >>> volvo is recalling 200,000 diesel cars worldwide because the fuel line might crack. the automaker calling it a preventive safety measure. there have been no reports of inl incidents. >>> a soccer star pleading guilty to tax fraud. got a two year suspended sentence, fined more than $21 million. he was accompanied by his lawyers and his partner, georgina rodriguez back downtown to you guys. morgan, back to you. >> sue herera, thank you. >>> as we head to break, getting a check on major averages. the dow is down 193 points the s&p 500 down 25. the nasdaq down 79 points. worst day for major indexes since january 3rd. keep in mind, it has been a strong month so far. we're back in
by transgender people this while court challenges continue it reversed lower rulings preventing the pentagon from implementing plans but declined to take up the case about the plan for now >>> hundreds of union firefighters from across the u.s. and canada in los angeles for a conference marching in support of striking teachers this is the union and l.a. unified school district representatives continuing to negotiate. >>> volvo is recalling 200,000 diesel cars worldwide because...
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a lot of people think that the whole pension and health care benefit system in the pentagon needs to be overhauled and that these are where major savings are and that's where we should aim for, that the pentagon cannot be immune from this exercise. >> i wouldn't disagree at all. i think you can debate what kind of military defense strategy you wish, what kind of forces you plan on having, their technology, their training levels, all that should be on the table. but you've got to do it in a rational way. you've got to act like it's a business. the whole notion of cutting billions of dollars out of the defense budget, i just read one of the pundits announcing you can cut the defense budget by 2/3 and it wouldn't affect national security. and that all of this is political theater. it's anything but political theater. you know, dr. ash carter, the deputy's a very rational, bright fellow. very experienced. the chiefs of the services just testified under oath. they said this is going to be a big problem. and i think it is. >> and i agree with the general. because again, as i said, i'm not
a lot of people think that the whole pension and health care benefit system in the pentagon needs to be overhauled and that these are where major savings are and that's where we should aim for, that the pentagon cannot be immune from this exercise. >> i wouldn't disagree at all. i think you can debate what kind of military defense strategy you wish, what kind of forces you plan on having, their technology, their training levels, all that should be on the table. but you've got to do it in...
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the pentagon said the underwater drone was operating lawfully correcting marine data in the philippines. beijing, however, is criticizing washington for hyping up the incident. president-elect donald trump reacted to the unusual seizing on twitter. first accusing china of stealing the drone. and then saying that the u.s. should refuse to take the equipment back again. eunice, what is your reaction to what has happened? >> reporter: so far just a couple hours ago the chinese foreign ministry has been trying to calm the tensions over the south china sea, saying that the u.s. and chinese militaries are in direct talks to negotiate the return of the u.s. drone. also, the ministry was very cautiously defending beijing's actions, saying that the navy had a responsibility to identify and ascertain the object. the spokesperson also said that trump's description of china stealing the u.s. drone were absolutely or completely incorrect. now, that tone was very different from what we saw in the chinese state media. the state media has been strongly defending beijing's actions as well as mocking don
the pentagon said the underwater drone was operating lawfully correcting marine data in the philippines. beijing, however, is criticizing washington for hyping up the incident. president-elect donald trump reacted to the unusual seizing on twitter. first accusing china of stealing the drone. and then saying that the u.s. should refuse to take the equipment back again. eunice, what is your reaction to what has happened? >> reporter: so far just a couple hours ago the chinese foreign...
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what has got the intelligence community and the pentagon tied in knots is what type of response is appropriate. >> do you respond in kind with a similar cyber attack or launch a military attack using guns and bombs in response? big question. >> does this, roger, mean that small players on the international stage or nonstate play considers wage a kind of war that would have been unthinkable in a different generation, when it was much more the threats came from conventional military powers, the soviet union, china, et cetera? >> that is exactly right because it takes a small group of individuals with sophisticated skills to launch the attacks that could be devastating to critical infrastructure and hide that attack in a way that's difficult they were the source of it or do it in a false flag operation where they launch the attack but they set it up and we attribute it to somebody else. there's a scary scenario. we end up attacking the wrong people in sponls response to at? >> how prepared is the government? >> we're not as prepared we should be. this is an issue we've been dealing with for well
what has got the intelligence community and the pentagon tied in knots is what type of response is appropriate. >> do you respond in kind with a similar cyber attack or launch a military attack using guns and bombs in response? big question. >> does this, roger, mean that small players on the international stage or nonstate play considers wage a kind of war that would have been unthinkable in a different generation, when it was much more the threats came from conventional military...
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iran when i became president, i had a meeting at the pentagon with lots of generals, it was like from a movie. better looking than tom cruise and stronger i had more generals than i've ever seen. we were at the bottom of this incredible room. i said this is the greatest room i've ever seen i saw more computer boards than i think that they make today and every part of the middle east and other places that was under attack was under attack because of iran. i said to myself, wow, i mean, you look at yemen, you look at syria, you look at every place, saudi arabia was under siege they were all -- i mean, they wanted yemen because of the border with saudi arabia, that's why they're there, frankly every place was under siege. i actually asked the question, how do you stop these people they're all over the place they have plenty of money. president obama had just given them $150 billion. he just gave them $1.8 billion in cash. i'm still trying to figure that one out. gave $1.8 billion in cash. plane loads of cash. cash from five different countries. do you know why from five different countri
iran when i became president, i had a meeting at the pentagon with lots of generals, it was like from a movie. better looking than tom cruise and stronger i had more generals than i've ever seen. we were at the bottom of this incredible room. i said this is the greatest room i've ever seen i saw more computer boards than i think that they make today and every part of the middle east and other places that was under attack was under attack because of iran. i said to myself, wow, i mean, you look...
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protesters and trying to encourage them >> you allow the government to blame outside forces and the pentagon specifically, they are monitoring this. at this point, this is not monitoring a military situation. they're really saying this is more of diplomacy economics and politics >> hans, back at you >> it is not just iran we could get another north korean's missile launch any time soon >> there is likely and where you want to draw the line between that, too. that's a open question missile test this week once said as soon as midweek and the other one said in the short term the caveat, just because you see equipment moving inside, does not mean they are not going to launch the path. hey, i here north korea is moving stuff around. however, with that said, the type of movement they are seeing this time is consistent are previous launches or leading up to previous launches remember the end of november, they did the ballistic missile way up in the air and came back down we have a very part diplomatic kim jong-un says that he's willing to talk but he also has a button on his tape >>> lets bring in
protesters and trying to encourage them >> you allow the government to blame outside forces and the pentagon specifically, they are monitoring this. at this point, this is not monitoring a military situation. they're really saying this is more of diplomacy economics and politics >> hans, back at you >> it is not just iran we could get another north korean's missile launch any time soon >> there is likely and where you want to draw the line between that, too. that's a...
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. >> i'm sure there's a shelf somewhere at the pentagon with our canadian invasion plans, i imagine it's a pretty dusty document but i guess it's there listen, to get back to what jared is saying, intel was just saying that these potential chinese tariffs, if they move their assembly plants back to the states, a billion dollars a plant. so long corporate tax cut. >> michelle, i'll give you something more debatable i actually believe that donald trump was really on to something and is still really on to something when he focuses on the extent to which imbalanced international trade has really hurt people and communities in this country so i actually probably more than almost any other economist that you're going to have on your show today would argue that there is a motivation to try to help people hurt by trade. i just don't think this is the right way to do it. >> do you buy that >> yeah, that there have been people and communities who have been hurt by trade, that there are people who lose by trade, yeah i do and we should have done a lot more and taken that more into account but i rea
. >> i'm sure there's a shelf somewhere at the pentagon with our canadian invasion plans, i imagine it's a pretty dusty document but i guess it's there listen, to get back to what jared is saying, intel was just saying that these potential chinese tariffs, if they move their assembly plants back to the states, a billion dollars a plant. so long corporate tax cut. >> michelle, i'll give you something more debatable i actually believe that donald trump was really on to something and...
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. >> and even if, larry, you get rid of all the waste and abuse that they say is in the pentagon, you're still not going to make a dent in the spending that we need to to bring our budgets back under control. the fact of the matter is president obama not only suggested but he insisted that this sequester become law. you now have democrats running away -- >> it was his idea. and we just clarified that. it was his idea in the first place. why is he trying to worm out of his idea? >> not only the president but the entire democratic party has this righteous indignation over sequester when in fact they were the ones pushing it in the first place. the house has twice passed bills that would bring reasonable spending cuts into law. the senate thus far, we have seen a complete vacuum of leadership. it's time, frankly, for everyone to come to the table and have a reasonable discussion about what meaningful spending cuts would actually take to pass into law. >> catherine, i just want to get your quick take as the libertarian in the group. we've got a little something for everybody here tonight. be
. >> and even if, larry, you get rid of all the waste and abuse that they say is in the pentagon, you're still not going to make a dent in the spending that we need to to bring our budgets back under control. the fact of the matter is president obama not only suggested but he insisted that this sequester become law. you now have democrats running away -- >> it was his idea. and we just clarified that. it was his idea in the first place. why is he trying to worm out of his idea?...
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most expensive flight in pentagon is still taking flight. >> jane's second prediction that cash will be king spent on broad. this also correct. we saw it this year with lockheed martin, united technology, boeing, who all spent big abroad. finally, jane predicted we would see a drone war here at home. a little early about this one here. we didn't see it take off but at announcement from amazon -- i'm going to overrule that. >> i think we give her a ding. >> absolutely. >> these shooes at least 2 for 3. >> let's see what jane has to say for 2014 and the defense industry. >> reporter: how times have changed. back in the cold war days of the f-14, few disputed the need for defense spending. in 2013 the defense industry was battle-tested by sequestration and even a government shutdown though sales were helped by a boost in international interests. in 2014, though, things will be tougher, even with the new budget deal, there will still be cuts. while lockheed martin continues to work on programs like the f-35, it has been slashing its workforce in other areas. it's not alone. this is one r
most expensive flight in pentagon is still taking flight. >> jane's second prediction that cash will be king spent on broad. this also correct. we saw it this year with lockheed martin, united technology, boeing, who all spent big abroad. finally, jane predicted we would see a drone war here at home. a little early about this one here. we didn't see it take off but at announcement from amazon -- i'm going to overrule that. >> i think we give her a ding. >> absolutely. >>...
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i saw the smoke pouring out of the pentagon. i have been to new york city. i have seen the 9/11 memorial. we won't forget those victims of terrorism. we can't forget the fact that al jazeera was the mouthpiece of osama bin laden and has been working hand in glove with terrorist groups ever since. >> and cliff, let me just ask you this. a lot of things about this obviously that troubles me. but one of them is the whole glenn beck business. a year ago, glenn offered to purchase this failing network, whatever it is, current tv, $250 million. that ain't nothing. gore wouldn't give him the time of day. a year later, gore sells it. okay he got 500 million bucks but he didn't know that when glenn beck first offered in. why is al gore going with anti-american, anti-christian, anti-jewish, anti-israeli, anti-everything operation instead of glenn beck? why? glenn beck is a good american. what is motivating gore? >> you have to try to get him on the show, but this is the equivalent during world war ii of turning over american broadcast facilities to tokyo rose. i mean,
i saw the smoke pouring out of the pentagon. i have been to new york city. i have seen the 9/11 memorial. we won't forget those victims of terrorism. we can't forget the fact that al jazeera was the mouthpiece of osama bin laden and has been working hand in glove with terrorist groups ever since. >> and cliff, let me just ask you this. a lot of things about this obviously that troubles me. but one of them is the whole glenn beck business. a year ago, glenn offered to purchase this failing...
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has the president formally requested or received pentagon advice on how he could change the campaign against the islamic state? >> i think he has ordered it. he's going to -- as i mentioned, he will be at the department of defense friday to swear in general mattis as the next secretary -- go through the ceremony of that. he is, obviously, the secretary of defense. and so, you know, at that time he will continue to have conversations about what he wants from them and the joint chiefs. jim? >> to follow up? >> yes. >> i don't mean to beat a dead horse on the issue of the u.s. embassy in israel. >> right. >> at the end of the president's first four years, will the united states embassy be in jerusalem? >> well, i think i've answered it twice now. we are at the early stages in this decision-making process. >> it's not whether. it's when and how? >> there's a reason you go through a decision-making process. that's what we're in the process of starting right now. i don't want to get ahead of -- if it was already a decision, we wouldn't be going through a process. i just answered the questi
has the president formally requested or received pentagon advice on how he could change the campaign against the islamic state? >> i think he has ordered it. he's going to -- as i mentioned, he will be at the department of defense friday to swear in general mattis as the next secretary -- go through the ceremony of that. he is, obviously, the secretary of defense. and so, you know, at that time he will continue to have conversations about what he wants from them and the joint chiefs. jim?...
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. >> we're going to start with the pentagon, which says yeme meyem rebels fired missiles. >>> rail service is trying to get back on track after a deadly train crash. as of this morning, eight out of 17 tracks were up and running, that station is a busy commuting hub into new york city and shut for nearly two weeks. >>> and what is cuter than a polar bear cub? well, a polar bear cub playing in a pool of ice cubes, of course. this video is our first glimpse of 10-month-old nora at the oregon zoo. she'll make her public debut later this month. she just made her national debut. that's the news update this hour. >> if you're a polar bear, that is heaven right there. >> it is. it is. it is so darn cute. look at that. feels so good. >> going after the bud lights. all right, sue, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >>> jack ma going all hollywood. ma's alibaba teaming up with steven spielberg to distribute movies in china. the partnership, just the latest move by china into hollywood. china's dalian wonder group has been on a hollywood shopping spree, buying everything from amc to theater chai
. >> we're going to start with the pentagon, which says yeme meyem rebels fired missiles. >>> rail service is trying to get back on track after a deadly train crash. as of this morning, eight out of 17 tracks were up and running, that station is a busy commuting hub into new york city and shut for nearly two weeks. >>> and what is cuter than a polar bear cub? well, a polar bear cub playing in a pool of ice cubes, of course. this video is our first glimpse of 10-month-old...
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secretary, and michael reuben is a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute and a former pentagon official. let's approach it two ways, guys. larry and michael, number one, any of this our own making or the president's own making, that if something had been handled differently years ago, that maybe we wouldn't be in this situation, larry? or is it -- i mean the problems in iraq are well documented. it's been, you know, not even just hundreds of years. is there anything we need to take responsibility here for, larry? >> oh, definitely. by invading iraq unnecessarily and under false pretenses, not sending enough troops to control the situation, and then trying basically their civil society, we created this situation where you have the prosecution of these religious minorities. and the other thing is, we put maliki in to power and then kept him in there in 2010, when it was clear he was moving in a very noninclusive way and going after people who aren't -- >> take it a step further, larry. so that happened, all right. so go to the current administration, and what happened in syria. a
secretary, and michael reuben is a resident scholar at the american enterprise institute and a former pentagon official. let's approach it two ways, guys. larry and michael, number one, any of this our own making or the president's own making, that if something had been handled differently years ago, that maybe we wouldn't be in this situation, larry? or is it -- i mean the problems in iraq are well documented. it's been, you know, not even just hundreds of years. is there anything we need to...
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the pentagon says that 51 labs in 17 states and 3 foreign countries have received suspected live samples of anthrax. that is a larger number than previously disclosed. and that number could rise as the investigation continues. >>> the faa says it will place a higher priority on integrating drones into the national air space by appointing a senior adviser to coordinate relations with industry and other outside stakeholders. the agency says the new position would deal with a crush of outside interests from the private sector. >>> amazon has launched free shipping on small and light items that are less than 8 ounces and cost less than 10 bucks. no minimum order is required and customers do not need to be enrolled in amazon prime. >>> and rafael nadal's 39 match french open winning streak has ended. the nine-time champ was beat by novak djokovic in straight sets in a surprisingly lopsided quarter final. it was only the second defeat for nadal in 72 matches at the french open. finals this weekend, guys. >> such a shame! >> the king of the clay court has fallen. >> has fallen. he's had kind of
the pentagon says that 51 labs in 17 states and 3 foreign countries have received suspected live samples of anthrax. that is a larger number than previously disclosed. and that number could rise as the investigation continues. >>> the faa says it will place a higher priority on integrating drones into the national air space by appointing a senior adviser to coordinate relations with industry and other outside stakeholders. the agency says the new position would deal with a crush of...
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this is not the pentagon papers, jim, it's not like sony was trying to mislead the public. >> no, but david carr has a column in "the new york times," there's a blogger, able to put stuff out. you don't know what's truth, you don't know what's fiction, you don't know what's facetious. we make jokes, look at transcripts of some of the things we said i was looking at tape of david looking askance at me. >> took take hours, days. >> say something hyperbolic and it's obviously meant to be a joke. when you read in an e-mail, it's like, wow, those guys are really horrible guys but obviously joking around, acting as if they're talking to each other. again, when you put something in e-mail, think about it, it's going to be on the front page of "the new york times," no expectation of private city e-mail but we always think there it is. >> the bigger takeaway, this probably the worst hacking of a u.s. corporation, and i say -- it's japanese -- but on u.s. soil. talking about u.s. operations here, that we've ever seen. there may be more to come when the movie is -- movie comes out, there's an ex
this is not the pentagon papers, jim, it's not like sony was trying to mislead the public. >> no, but david carr has a column in "the new york times," there's a blogger, able to put stuff out. you don't know what's truth, you don't know what's fiction, you don't know what's facetious. we make jokes, look at transcripts of some of the things we said i was looking at tape of david looking askance at me. >> took take hours, days. >> say something hyperbolic and it's...
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north korea denies it, but says that they are targeting the white house and the pentagon at this point. for the white house blaming them. new york's tree house theater announcing that it will put on a free reading of the film script on december 27th. the theater says the goal is to offer an opportunity to people who want to, quote, come together in the name of free speech. now, are they going to hold to the script, they're going to have comedians coming in and reading it. >> i think i can wait. that's difficult, you know? okay. way to go. stand up for free speech. this movie is bad, anyway. >> apparently they're trying to get some big time actors to do it. there are big time actors who do some of these readings. >> great. now it's almost like br performing here. it's now elevated to -- >> it could be in defiance -- >> gather to watch this. >> it's probably a camping crappy. it's not that funny even if you're watching the actual product. okay, good. it's going to be a reading of the -- like i said, it's not king here. >> i never asked you, what did you make of facebook shutting down in
north korea denies it, but says that they are targeting the white house and the pentagon at this point. for the white house blaming them. new york's tree house theater announcing that it will put on a free reading of the film script on december 27th. the theater says the goal is to offer an opportunity to people who want to, quote, come together in the name of free speech. now, are they going to hold to the script, they're going to have comedians coming in and reading it. >> i think i can...
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co-author of "start-up nation," the story of israel's economic miracle, adviser to the white house and pentagon. he will tell us about this miracle in the middle east. "squawk box" is coming right back. >> still no launch for the ares rocket. the weather in florida is pushing that launch time back, now between 9:30 and 10:00 am eastern they're saying. we'll keep you updated on that. >>> futures at this hour, under some pressure this morning, have been all morning long. in fact, right now you'll see dow futures are down 28 points below fair value. co conoco philips, six cents better than had been expected. you can see that that stock, bid ask is higher, 5107 to 51.37. average 30-year mortgage rate slipped to 5.04%. and the los angeles city council voting to outsource its e-mail system to google. 30,000 employees will shift to google's cloud computing model during the next year. it could pave the way for other cities to abandon microsoft's outlook for google's system as well. >>> new book looks at how israel has managed to become a leader in business innovation. dan senor, co-author of "start-up
co-author of "start-up nation," the story of israel's economic miracle, adviser to the white house and pentagon. he will tell us about this miracle in the middle east. "squawk box" is coming right back. >> still no launch for the ares rocket. the weather in florida is pushing that launch time back, now between 9:30 and 10:00 am eastern they're saying. we'll keep you updated on that. >>> futures at this hour, under some pressure this morning, have been all...
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. >>> the pentagon says that lethal live anthrax was sent to labs in as many as nine states and overseas. a utah lab was supposed to ship inactive anthrax samples for use in training exercises, but mistakenly shipped active samples via ordinary fedex packages. four workers and 22 people at the u.s. base in south korea were treated for possible exposure. >>> a severe weather update. 23 people are dead and 8 still missing after storms ravaged texas. slow-moving thunderstorms are likely to produce more rain and flash floods in kansas oklahoma and texas. last night a tornado in the texas panhandle struck an oil rig injuring three people. flooding and downed trees closed highways in the area as well. >>> our guest host company is headquartered in houston and we're going to talk to waste management ceo david steiner about his business and read on the economy. but let's start with an update on that storm damage in houston which starts us out in a very serious way, david. i, we'll get to that in a second. but i can't start with you. you know that. you expect me to say something. you know i'm on
. >>> the pentagon says that lethal live anthrax was sent to labs in as many as nine states and overseas. a utah lab was supposed to ship inactive anthrax samples for use in training exercises, but mistakenly shipped active samples via ordinary fedex packages. four workers and 22 people at the u.s. base in south korea were treated for possible exposure. >>> a severe weather update. 23 people are dead and 8 still missing after storms ravaged texas. slow-moving thunderstorms are...
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to me it seemed like a national newspaper since the pentagon papers and from watergate and all those days. i guess the question is, can you survive that type of a paper or do you need to be a local paper. >> i would argue they went from being -- from having this great brand that represented truth to power and all that and they still do, but that strategically the grahams have focused very locally. they never wanted to be a national newspaper. the internet changes all that. what does bezos know that we don't? i thought his letter to the employees was fascinating. he suggested i don't know yet. it is going to be -- we're going to be experimenting. he's leaving the same people in power. i'm not sure, by the way, that's something that is a long-term situation. it seemed to me that if you're going to buy a institution like this on day one and want to keep the talent in place, at least while transitioning to find out what is next stage of this thing is supposed to be. on day one, the last thing you do is say you are bringing in the cavalry. >> becky mentioning watergate, reaction has been
to me it seemed like a national newspaper since the pentagon papers and from watergate and all those days. i guess the question is, can you survive that type of a paper or do you need to be a local paper. >> i would argue they went from being -- from having this great brand that represented truth to power and all that and they still do, but that strategically the grahams have focused very locally. they never wanted to be a national newspaper. the internet changes all that. what does bezos...
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for more on what's behind this move at the airports, we are joined now by anthony cordsman, former pentagon director of intelligence now at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you for being here. it's great to have you with us. first of all, what's your reaction to this move at the airports, requiring people to turn their devices on? would this prevent some kind of new type of bomb potentially being developed by this group, do you think? >> in general, if the device is active, there is too little space to put enough explosives to really be a major threat. so, there's a very good reason for using this test. and while we do pay a lot of attention to isis, i'd suspect that the main threat may actually be coming from al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. it's based in yemen, but it has perhaps one of the most skilled bo bomb-makers in terrorist hands. his name is seri, and he's certainly seen as a key threat in developing new technologies. >> and is this viewed as developing separately from what's happening with isis in iraq and across that part of the region? >> well, isis i
for more on what's behind this move at the airports, we are joined now by anthony cordsman, former pentagon director of intelligence now at the center for strategic and international studies. thank you for being here. it's great to have you with us. first of all, what's your reaction to this move at the airports, requiring people to turn their devices on? would this prevent some kind of new type of bomb potentially being developed by this group, do you think? >> in general, if the device...
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they see pentagon spending declining 6% this year. they bought back so many shares not the point. >> they keep buying back stock. it's a cash machine. some of our allies are feeling you know what we got to start defending ourselves. i think one of the subtle issues behind the defense contractors is you know what the united states may not be the warrior for the world. some of these other countries have to bulk up. lockheed martin good quarter. houston doing a great job. doesn't seek any publicity. she's welcome on our show. >> alan mulally according to the journal is going to leave earlier than some expected as early as july. here's "usa today." helped ford fly. >> he did. >> mark fields the coo probably going to take over. >> i like mark fields. been together with him many times. he's a stead yes auto happened, has good ideas. involved in all aspects. seamless transition. mark, a local boy. local boy made good. he is not from detroit. he's from around here. >> already running some of the meetings that mulally used to run. >> mark's be
they see pentagon spending declining 6% this year. they bought back so many shares not the point. >> they keep buying back stock. it's a cash machine. some of our allies are feeling you know what we got to start defending ourselves. i think one of the subtle issues behind the defense contractors is you know what the united states may not be the warrior for the world. some of these other countries have to bulk up. lockheed martin good quarter. houston doing a great job. doesn't seek any...